03/11/2026
The Boxing Day Dip
With deep regret, Deal Rotary Ice Breakers will not be running the Boxing Day Dip again this year. Our risk assessments have taken account of the time and the height of the exceptionally high tide which coupled with the steep shingle bank are a major cause for safety concerns.
As a responsible organisation we must take this into account and added to that, it is an ongoing concern that during October the SSRS app ( Surfers against Sewage) has shown a Southern Water sewage outflow has been activated on a number of occasions resulting in a sewage alert.
The safety of the dippers is our prime concern.